Reconfigurable Signal Routing Circuit for Bidirectional Data Flow
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electrical and electronic systems lack efficient mechanisms for selectively routing and switching electrical data signals while maintaining signal integrity, particularly in applications requiring bidirectional data flow without signal loss.
Innovation Solution
The development of a circuit system inspired by brain cell functionality, featuring multiple nodes that can be dynamically configured as input or output nodes using operational amplifiers, silicon-controlled rectifiers, resistors, and transistors, allowing for selective signal routing and bidirectional data flow.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional signal routing mechanisms are used, then signal direction control is achieved, but signal integrity is lost in bidirectional flow
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces operational amplifiers as intermediary components between signal nodes. These amplifiers act as buffer mediators that receive signals from one node and transmit them to another node, preventing direct signal interference while maintaining bidirectional flow capability. The amplifiers ensure signal integrity by actively regenerating and isolating signals in each direction.
Solution Approach 2:
The circuit is segmented into multiple independent nodes (Node 1, Node 2, Node 3, Node 4), each with dedicated input and output pathways. This segmentation allows independent control of signal direction at each node while maintaining overall signal integrity through the use of separate amplifiers for each signal path.
2Device complexity
If fixed wiring configuration is used, then circuit simplicity is maintained, but dynamic signal routing capability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic signal routing by introducing control inputs that can change the state of each node between input and output modes. This allows the circuit to adapt its signal flow paths dynamically based on control signals, transforming a static circuit into a dynamic reconfigurable system without significantly increasing overall complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Each node in the circuit is designed with universal functionality, capable of operating as either an input node or an output node depending on the control signal state. This multi-functionality allows the same circuit structure to serve multiple routing configurations, reducing the need for separate dedicated pathways for each direction.
3Reliability
If multiple dedicated pathways are created for bidirectional signal flow, then signal integrity is maintained, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses universal amplifier components that can handle signals in both directions. Each amplifier is designed to function regardless of signal direction, allowing the same component to serve multiple routing purposes. This reduces the need for separate dedicated amplifiers for each direction, thereby maintaining signal integrity while reducing overall component count.
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AI summary
Present invention is an electronic circuit used to control flow of electrical data signal which can be analog or digital, AC or DC. It is built by amalgamating buffer, adder, potential divider, logic inverter, and silicon-controlled rectifier circuits. Electrical paths can be dynamically formed and broken as per system requirement. It offers hardwiring or soft wiring flexibility to make, and break the electrical paths, which are also referred to as channels in this document. The invention can be applied in electrical systems where the electrical data signal's flow needs to be switched from one circuit to another or needs its direction to be reversed. It can also be implemented in electrical circuits that require signal splitting. It can also be embedded into an integrated circuit to provide much smaller footprint.